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<v Speaker 1>Seven thirty two at above Krcity Talk Station. Happy Wednesday

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<v Speaker 1>to you and happy welcome back to the fifty five

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<v Speaker 1>CARSC Morning Show from Cincinnati Classical Academy. Doctor Jed Harding's

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Harding's is good to heav you back on the program.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, great to be here. Brian, Good morning.

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<v Speaker 1>How things going in since Sant Classical Academy this school year?

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<v Speaker 2>My friend, Brian, it's just unbelievable. The school continues to

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<v Speaker 2>grow and achieve like none of us could have ever expected.

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<v Speaker 2>We're you know, we've got we're our third year, seven

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and fifty students this year, and we're we continue

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<v Speaker 2>to expand twenty five thirty percent growth each year. So

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<v Speaker 2>next year we've got nine hundred and fifty students coming in.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, which is yeah, and that's our fourth and that

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<v Speaker 1>does not satisfy the demand, does it. You have nine

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<v Speaker 1>hun and fifty, but I bet there's a whole bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of of families and children that weren't able to get

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<v Speaker 1>in because you have a limited number of spaces.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, That's right. Nine to fifty is going to be

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<v Speaker 2>our capacity next year, but then the wait list is

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<v Speaker 2>still four hundred and four hundred and five hundred students,

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, well as practively as we can. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's been a big problem. We We've spent the last

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<v Speaker 2>five years looking for a campus where we could serve

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<v Speaker 2>our eventual enrollment of thirteen hundred students, but that's been

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<v Speaker 2>really difficult on a charter school budget. But we have

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<v Speaker 2>some big news from this past fall that we finally

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<v Speaker 2>found that campus solution and we purchased the property we've

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<v Speaker 2>been renting and renting, the former Olsh School, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>thirty acres. And then we also acquired a nine acre

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<v Speaker 2>campus in Blue Ash, the former Belcan building, and are

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<v Speaker 2>remodeling a one hundred thousand square foot office building there

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<v Speaker 2>to serve as a home for our middle and upper schools. Guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Cool, And those are the grades you're going to be added?

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<v Speaker 1>I guess it's grades five through twelve from from at

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<v Speaker 1>least the materials that I'm looking at presently. Are you

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<v Speaker 1>still serving grades K through eight?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's correct. It's K through eight this year, and

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<v Speaker 2>then next year we're going to add the ninth grade,

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<v Speaker 2>our first high school class, and they're they're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be going to school at the new campus and Blue

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<v Speaker 2>Ash So it's really exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I guess, you know, you have a freshman class

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<v Speaker 1>and what you got to I guess if they stick around,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll be adding the additional high school years after that.

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<v Speaker 1>So to be able to stay with this unbelievably. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a traditional classic liberal education. If you're familiar with

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<v Speaker 1>Hillsdale College, folks, it's the same kind of thing, classic

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<v Speaker 1>liberal education, focusing all the on all the important skills

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<v Speaker 1>and the classic ways they do it phonics, for example,

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<v Speaker 1>the Singapore math core knowledge sequence, Latin reading classes, classics.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I just I'm so pleased that this is

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<v Speaker 1>this is this type of education even still exists, sir.

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<v Speaker 1>And obviously if you build it, they will come. The

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<v Speaker 1>number of students that want to get in is just

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<v Speaker 1>an illustration that this there's a huge demand out here

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<v Speaker 1>in the world to get you know, to go back

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<v Speaker 1>to the basics and go to a classic liberal education

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<v Speaker 1>where you actually learn something and have these foundational building

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<v Speaker 1>blocks to survive and thrive in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, since that's only public classical school bringing the best

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<v Speaker 2>of Western civilization direct to the people.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Tuition free, it's intuition free, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's an important component. It's also important to note that

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<v Speaker 1>since Sant Classical Academy receives some state funding but only

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand dollars per student, you don't get any property taxes,

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<v Speaker 1>and that funding is only going to cover sixty percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the cost required to provide educational facilities. So there

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<v Speaker 1>needs to be more money there. You can't even do

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<v Speaker 1>a public levee for to service the school. So ergo,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're building these new facilities in Blue Ash, you

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<v Speaker 1>need some help. Tell my listeners about the Raise the

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<v Speaker 1>Torch campaign.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So the property purchase, which was thirteen million dollars

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<v Speaker 2>and then the construction cost everything total was financed by

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<v Speaker 2>twenty nine million dollars in tax examponds. But that only

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<v Speaker 2>gets us, It gets us most of the way there.

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<v Speaker 2>But we need to raise at least another four million

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<v Speaker 2>dollars to complete construction of our campus to serve you know,

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<v Speaker 2>K through twelve with extracurriculars and that kind of thing. So,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's funny, Brian, you know, the school has really

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<v Speaker 2>never had a major benefactor. Someone who says, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>here's a million dollars, five million dollars go create my

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<v Speaker 2>dream of a classical school. It hasn't happened. It's really

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<v Speaker 2>been grassroots effort with one hundred dollars yere, one thousand

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<v Speaker 2>dollars there, ten thousand there. But we haven't given up

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<v Speaker 2>on a dream that there are major benefactors out there

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<v Speaker 2>who understand what we're doing, who appreciate what Hillsdale College

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<v Speaker 2>is doing for the Cincinnati community and what a great

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<v Speaker 2>success story this has been.

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<v Speaker 1>In this this is going to lose magnets for our region.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the idea that you have this wonderful institution

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<v Speaker 1>of learning and I even want to call it higher

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<v Speaker 1>learning even though we're like talking about K through eight

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<v Speaker 1>right now, but the demands there, but that it exists,

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<v Speaker 1>that it is a it is it is truly a

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<v Speaker 1>magnet for folks to want to, you know, maybe move here.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's an idea that could be expanded. Can

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<v Speaker 1>you imagine if the if Ohio just adopted this wonderful

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<v Speaker 1>education process among even in its public schools, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>the curriculums right there for all to enjoy. Just adopt it,

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<v Speaker 1>you will demonstrably the number one school in the area.

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<v Speaker 1>You will be turning out these brilliant young people who

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<v Speaker 1>are prepared to meet the challenges of life. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>magnet and that's a that's a it's a model for

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<v Speaker 1>others to follow. So this is an important thing to fund,

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<v Speaker 1>I would argue to my listeners.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, And it's it's a movement that I mean, this

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<v Speaker 2>transcends consideration just of where your kids go to school.

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<v Speaker 2>We are our school in particular, is helping to lead

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<v Speaker 2>and build a national movement. Yes, I mean we're having

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<v Speaker 2>national impact in Ohio alone. There have been four more

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<v Speaker 2>schools that of these schools that have been created in

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<v Speaker 2>our wake, inspired by our success and our leadership. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's about restoring education that's needed for a free thinking

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<v Speaker 2>and self governing citizenry. It's not you know. So the

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<v Speaker 2>aims are really high again, tuition free.

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<v Speaker 1>They could use all the help they can get. And

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<v Speaker 1>because you are a five oh one three C entity,

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<v Speaker 1>these donations to the Raise of Torch Foundation or fund

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<v Speaker 1>qualify as tax deductible for tax purposes, right, that's right, yep, yep.

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<v Speaker 1>Well I can encourage my listeners enough to help this

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<v Speaker 1>process out. The idea of just motivating others to follow

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<v Speaker 1>in your path is worthy of any donation. People can

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<v Speaker 1>give and maybe one of my listeners out there can

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<v Speaker 1>be that wealthy philanthropist who understands and gets the point

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<v Speaker 1>of all this and maybe write a check for a

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars to help you meet your goals with raise

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<v Speaker 1>the Torch. That would be nice.

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<v Speaker 2>We never give up on the dream, you know, Brian.

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<v Speaker 2>People love to sit around and write about problems in

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<v Speaker 2>this country and say that, you know, kids don't know

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<v Speaker 2>how to think any more. This school's doing something about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Think anyone who's interested can visit sincey Classchool dot org

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<v Speaker 2>click on the giving page to learn about our campus

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<v Speaker 2>development how they can support us with these the Torch campaign.

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<v Speaker 1>You anticipated my question, how do people help out since

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<v Speaker 1>with the y Classical dot org. Please do I mean

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<v Speaker 1>ten bucks? They'll take it. You got a million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>you want to don eight they'll definitely take it. Doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Jed Hardings, thank you for all that you do and

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<v Speaker 1>all the teachers at since Anti Classical Academy keep up

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<v Speaker 1>the wonderful work. I wish you all the well wishes

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<v Speaker 1>that I can possibly wish you in terms of the

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<v Speaker 1>fundraising and for the future of the young people that

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<v Speaker 1>you are teaching.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks a lot Brian.

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